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Cory Schneider Testing Reebok P4 Pads

David Hutchison — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:38:43 +0000

You can read Cory Schneider Testing Reebok P4 Pads at InGoalMag.com

Vancouver backup Cory Schneider raised a few eyebrows and turned a few heads at the Canucks’ morning skate Thursday when he rolled out wearing a new set of customized Reebok P4 pads.

Even Detroit All-Star Jimmy Howard, who wears Vaughn equipment, popped his head out of the locker room to take a look.

Schneider also typically wears Vaughn, at least on his legs. His gloves have long been Reebok, and he recently switched to the new P4 model in games (he is wearing the older P3 version in these pictures because they are his practice set, complete with the thicker-palmed glove NHL goalies typically use to avoid stingers while facing hundreds of shots from teammates).

Schneider has always preferred stiffer gloves and softer pads, and maintained in conversations with InGoal that his “mutt” look wouldn’t change just for a sponsorship, smartly insisting he’ll always make more money stopping pucks than looking good doing so. So the switch is far from written in stone, but the fact he’s trying Reebok for the first time — and suffering some good natured heat from playing partner Roberto Luongo, a long-time Reebok goalie for doing so — says something about the customization options available in the new P4 line, including a softer boot break and a variety of inner leg channel options.

InGoal will have a complete breakdown of Reebok’s new P4 line and options in the second edition of our magazine, coming out Monday. In the meantime, enjoy these photos of Schneider’s P4 test run from the Canucks’ morning skate Thursday (and don’t forget to enter our contest, brought to you by the Hockey Shop, to win your own set of Reebok P4 equipment):

Mikka Kiprusoff’s Black Calgary Flames Mask

David Hutchison — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:44:01 +0000

You can read Mikka Kiprusoff’s Black Calgary Flames Mask at InGoalMag.com

Last season the Calgary Flames star goaltender Mikka Kiprusoff received a new mask design which was an evolution of the flaming skulls design he has worn throughout his career – this time with a black base – again designed and painted by Kipper’s longtime artist Todd Miska of Miska Designs. Miska sent us studio photos as soon as the mask was complete as well as shots of an old-school Mike Liut style mask he painted for Kipper.

InGoal’s Scott Slingsby captured these images of Kipprusoff’s black game mask recently. Let us know in the comments what you think of it…do you prefer the red mask that established his personal “look?”

Mathieu Garon’s New Tampa Bay Lightning Mask

David Hutchison — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:44:30 +0000

You can read Mathieu Garon’s New Tampa Bay Lightning Mask at InGoalMag.com

Mathieu Garon’s new Reebok mask was painted by Artist Sylvie Poitras who also painted Garon’s first mask this season ( check out the link for some great InGoal game photography by Scott Slingsby), as well as New Jersey Devil’s legend Martin Brodeur’s.

A strong design that will be visible from afar, it also follows a recent trend of incorporating subtle details and textures for this lucky enough to get a close look at the helmet.

Grow your Mo Mask Video

David Hutchison — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:31:18 +0000

You can read Grow your Mo Mask Video at InGoalMag.com

Matthew Wilson, a graduate student in new media at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, completed a video project looking at the creation of the Tim Thomas “Grow your Mo” mask. He interviewed artist Steve Nash of Eyecandyair in his studio about the artistic inspiration for the design and the project in general, as well as speaking with Sportmask’s Tony Priolo and InGoal Magazine’s David Hutchison. Unfortunately, representatives at the Tim Thomas Foundation were not available for interviews, although they played a key role in this mask – which was raffled off for prostate cancer charity.

The raffle was won by Jessica Lawson of Vermont who has decided to pay it forward and take the mask on a tour of rinks to raise even more money for the cause – thanks Jessica!

Warrior Ritual Custom Pro Gear Contest – last chance

David Hutchison — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 06:34:00 +0000

You can read Warrior Ritual Custom Pro Gear Contest – last chance at InGoalMag.com

Entries for the Warrior Custom Goal Equipment Contest are now closed. Thank you to all who participated. The three winners will be announced at InGoalMag.com as soon as they have all been contacted successfully.

The Warrior Ritual Custom Pro Gear contest is almost over. Entries close on December 31st. If you aren’t signed up yet, ~~go and register now.~~ There are three sets of gear up for giveaway – you can be one of the first goalies outside the NHL to wear this exciting new line.

In addition to a free entry, InGoal and Warrior have also given everyone a chance for a bonus entry. And today we’re introducing one last chance for a bonus entry – a scavenger hunt.

So here it is…you’ll need a few links to find what you need.

Warrior’s hockey page on the web

The InGoal review video of the Ritual pads and the review of the Ritual gloves.

The Ritual review in the InGoal Magazine December Edition

With those resources, simply answer the questions and complete the form below – along with your original entry to the contest, you’ll have a free bonus entry.

Form has been removed – contest closed

Ilya Bryzgalov’s Winter Classic Mask

David Hutchison — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 08:03:58 +0000

You can read Ilya Bryzgalov’s Winter Classic Mask at InGoalMag.com

InGoal has been proud to present early looks at Henrik Lundqvist and Martin Biron’s winter classic masks recently. With both Ranger goalies covered, today Drummond Custom Airbrush (who also created the art on one of Bryz’ regular masks) is sharing these photos with InGoal readers.

The mask is a tribute to Philadelphia sports in general, the Spectrum and Veterans Stadium. Citizens Bank Park, the venue for this year’s Winter Classic, was built to replace Veterans stadium, and of course the Spectrum, which also was home to the Sixers, was built when the Flyers came into the NHL. The players featured are Reggie White (Eagles) Julius Erving (Sixers), Mike Schmidt (Phillies), and Bobby Clarke (Flyers) along with the Philly Phanatic. The HK patch is for the late, great Harry Kallus. The saying “Good night and Good Hockey” was a famous phrase used by the great Gene Hart before he passed away.

Thanks to Sean and Franny of Drummond Custom Airbrush for sharing their great work through InGoal Magazine.

Rick DiPietro’s Islanders Mask

David Hutchison — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 22:17:29 +0000

You can read Rick DiPietro’s Islanders Mask at InGoalMag.com

Master mask artist Dave Gunnarsson has just released official photos of DiPietro’s latest mask and at InGoal we are proud of our exclusive partnership with Daveart.com that allows us to debut it alongside the official artist’s release.

Dave writes of the mask,

The design is a so called 2 designs in 1, and also a storyteller-design. The design is built on two lines, the orange and blue lines inspired from the white Islanders jersey. I painted them winding around the mask, almost like a flag flying in the wind, it gives a very cool design when you look at the mask from a distance. And I added white stars in the blue to give a feeling of the US flag. Then, when you come closer you will discover all the details and a new design is created in front of your eyes.

On one side the helicopter again is in focus, this time I painted it in a sketchy documentary style. I love to paint in new styles, never stand still. Rick also wanted his dog in the design, I painted the dog as a soldier on the other side.

Then all over the mask I created a detailed map of artworks as a tribute to USA. I love to do a lot of research for every mask. It is all painted in that sketchy style. I love to create lots and lots of details, here on this mask you will find famous statues, soldiers, action shots, even parts of the Memorial Wall and much much more. On the chin is Rick´s own logo I created for him a couple of years ago.

New Retro Mask has Luongo joining Schneider in Ridley Tribute

David Hutchison — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:07:03 +0000

You can read New Retro Mask has Luongo joining Schneider in Ridley Tribute at InGoalMag.com

Roberto Luongo debuted a new "vintage tribute" mask Monday.

Roberto Luongo is like any other goaltender: He likes getting new gear under the Christmas tree.

Luongo debuted a new vintage-look Reebok/Lefebvre mask in practice Monday morning and plans to wear it with the Canucks third jerseys the rest of the season.

“I guess I was on the nice list this year so Santa brought me something special,” Luongo joked after the skate.

The mask was painted by F-X Allaire, whose father Francois is the Toronto Maple Leafs goaltending guru, and Luongo’s long-time personal coach. While it’s decidedly different from the mask worn by teammate Cory Schneider, Luongo’s new lid joins Schneider in echoing the original crossed stick-in-rink logo design worn by former Canuck Curt Ridley in the 1970s.

“Just an old vintage tribute,” Luongo said. “It’s beautiful, I love what he did with it as far as the look and vintage effects.”

The vintage effects include puck marks placed under the clear coat, making this new mask look like it’s been around for years.

Allaire, who previously painted a mask for Luongo that was worn in practice, talked to InGoal Magazine about the mask and how he achieved the used look:

“The basic inspiration for the mask was to recreate Ridley’s design but with an old-school worn look acheived by painting it by paintbrush instead of traditional airbrush. As for the clearcoat we developed a satin finish using custom matte paint reducer, which accents the worn look of the whole mask.”

Roberto Luongo's new mask art by F-X Allaire compliments his new Reebok P4s with the green outer roll - chosen by Luongo for their "retro" look.

Reebok P4 has arrived

David Hutchison — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 01:14:43 +0000

You can read Reebok P4 has arrived at InGoalMag.com

Christmas is already here at the InGoal Offices as the new P4 has arrived for testing. We’ve had them out for a quick test and will have more for you in the New Year.

Henrik Lundqvist’s Winter Classic Mask

David Hutchison — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:45:08 +0000

You can read Henrik Lundqvist’s Winter Classic Mask at InGoalMag.com

Dave Gunnarsson has long been Henrik Lundqvist’s personal artist, creating some of the most impressive masks in the NHL for the Rangers’ star. Gunnarsson has created a new Winter Classic themed helmet for Lundqvist to wear on January 2 vs. the Philadelphia Flyers. As always, the design more strongly reflects the team, than their star goaltender, something that is old-school itself, although it includes the 30 inside a crown logo Gunnarsson uses on all his masks for Lundqvist, this time on the chin. The design is thoroughly modern but done in a way to appear like it is an old helmet. If you look closely you’ll even see he has painted on rust around the screws holding the cage on, and there are puck marks and scrapes on the design – all signs of aging, sealed inside a clear coat to protect them.